Float pin punch

[uudfourty]

Do you need a punch for those pesky BS32 (or whatever) float pins?

Don't feel like buying a proper punch?

Have "experience with a hammer" on your resume?


Well, I've got a solution for you!



Get yourself a 4d finish nail.
Find a bench grinder, Dremel tool, or bastard file.

See following images for details.




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Take that, fascist float pin.




Take the 4d nail (4d x 1 1/2 works well), grind, chop or file the tip off... you get the picture. I suppose you could leave the tip on, but, seems to me that it works better with the tip in absentia.


My apologies for anyone who sees this as common sense or has already posted a similar thread.

Cheers.

[tkent02]

Nice pic.

http://e-forwards.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/inspire-success.jpg

[rapidray]

I use the "automatic" center punches. Works like a charm! No broken posts, EVER! Ray.

[bwringer]

I have a little oddly shaped bit of metal that I made specifically to jam in between the float posts for reinforcement.

I also have this weird set of pliers that work perfectly for popping these pins loose. You could make a similar set of offset pliers by grinding one of the tips off a cheap set of needle nose pliers.

Simply apply the pliers to the orange points thusly:

[bwringer]

I use the "automatic" center punches. Works like a charm! No broken posts, EVER! Ray.

I like that!

[Zooks]

I use the small nail method also. It works well. I too wedge a small piece of plywood between the posts and rest the lower post on a socket. The pin can then fall into the socket and onto my bench without going missing.

[Billy Ricks]

Once they are out for the first time they don't necessarily need to be seated again. Leave the head of the pin slightly off the post to aid in subsequent removal. Then you can get a screwdriver under the head to pry them back. The pins won't fall out due to the shape of the bowls.

[Nessism]

The float pin is flared just under the nail head detail, and this flare forms an interference fit to the float post. I don't think wedging something between the posts does any good because the float post by the nail head is the one that snaps off - the post snaps off to the outside of the carb, not toward the center. Resting the float post on a small socket as Zooks suggests is a better way to support the post. I usually support the post on the corner of my workbench.

Check photo below and notice flared head on float pin.